question about the editor

[alireza1354]

Hello people!

Does anybody know what "LM" means in the terraintypes?

Thanks!

 

[Turner]

LM stands for LandMark. Not sure how it works, tho.

 

[Chieftess]

Landmark terrain allows you to set a different value for a terrain of the same type. i.e., say you wanted an Amazon Rainforest that gave 2 shields, and 0 food. You could edit the LM terrain, and use landmark jungle as the Amazon Rainforest. Too bad you can only have 1 type though... although, you could change the graphics of others and fake it.

 

[alireza1354]

COOL MAN

 

[mrtn]

If you want to know more you can ask in the C&C forum. Or one of the two moderators that has already posted here can move the thread...
LM gfx is much easier to make for mountains, hills and forests than for the underlying terrains...

 

[warpstorm]

I would go so far as to say doing it for base terrains is a royal pain because of the fact that there are no "grass" tiles in the files but rather transitions between tile types.